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Starring Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade, Mary Astor as his femme fatale client, and Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet as villains, the film follows a life-and-death quest for a jewel-encrusted falcon statuette in San Francisco.
It stars Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Sydney Greenstreet. Despite the title, the action never progresses across the Pacific, concluding in Panama. The original script portrayed an attempt to avert a Japanese plan to invade Pearl Harbor.
Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941).
Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart make their arrival circa 1955. The two were among the biggest Hollywood stars of their day before Bogart died in 1957 at age 57.
The film, starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor, was released to critical acclaim and is often cited as one of the best films of all time. [8] This version was also filmed largely verbatim to Hammett's story, but removed references to nudity, homosexuality, and other topics forbidden by the Code.
Humphrey Bogart, the Oscar winner and original Rat Pack member who starred in films like “Sabrina," “The Maltese Falcon" and “The African Queen," died in 1957. He was 57.
Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes explains how the New York-born Humphrey was influenced not only by his mother — a magazine illustrator and suffragette — but also by the actresses he married ...
Complementing Bogart were co-stars Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Elisha Cook Jr., and Mary Astor as the treacherous female foil. [100] Bogart's sharp timing and facial expressions were praised by the cast and director as vital to the film's quick action and rapid-fire dialogue. [ 97 ]